Growth Metrics

Msc Industrial Direct (MSM) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Msc Industrial Direct (MSM) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on record, last reported at 40.66% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin fell 7.0% year-over-year to 40.66%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 40.73%, down 31.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 40.75%, 41.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 40.66% in Q4 2025 per MSM's latest filing, up from 40.38% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 42.89% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 38.08% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 41.18%, with a median of 41.11% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: tumbled -403bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 438bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 41.55% in 2021, then fell by 0bps to 41.53% in 2022, then decreased by -1bps to 41.21% in 2023, then decreased by -1bps to 40.73% in 2024, then decreased by 0bps to 40.66% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Gross Margin were 40.66% in Q4 2025, 40.38% in Q3 2025, and 40.96% in Q2 2025.